Montreal Impact – Portland Timbers PREDICTIONS & BETTING TIPS

Posted on: May 15, 2017

Our football match prediction:

Montreal Impact

Match Time & Date:

20/05/2017

20:00 GMT

Prediction: 1-1

Portland Timbers

Montreal Impact will be aiming to make amends for a 3-2 loss to Columbus Crew when they take on Portland Timbers at their Stade Saputo. The Canadian outfit are the rock-bottom team in the Eastern Conference, but a win over Timbers could see them climb to eighth place in the standings. Montreal are after their second home win of the season and it remains to be seen if they are capable of giving fans some cheer in Saturday’s football match. Portland, on the other hand, are on a three-game winless run in MLS ahead of the trip to Canada and, no doubt, they are eager to put an end to the negative trend. In each of their previous four meetings in the Major League Soccer both Montreal Impact and Portland Timbers found the net and we predict that the history is going to repeat itself.

Montreal Impact will be aiming to make amends for a 3-2 loss to Columbus Crew when they take on Portland Timbers at their Stade Saputo. The Canadian outfit are the rock-bottom team in the Eastern Conference, but a win over Timbers could see them climb to eighth place in the standings. Montreal are after their second home win of the season and it remains to be seen if they are capable of giving fans some cheer in Saturday’s football match. Portland, on the other hand, are on a three-game winless run in MLS ahead of the trip to Canada and, no doubt, they are eager to put an end to the negative trend. In each of their previous four meetings in the Major League Soccer both Montreal Impact and Portland Timbers found the net and we predict that the history is going to repeat itself.

Highlighted Player (Laurent Ciman):

Laurent Ciman is a Belgium international who plays for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. The defender who was born in Farciennes on August 5, 1985 played for Charleroi from 2004 to 2008 and he made no less than 85 league appearances for the Belgian outfit. During the 2007/2008 season he was on Club Brugge’s radar and in the summer of 2008 he joined the Blauw-Zwart. After ending his loan spell with Kortijk Laurent Ciman joined fellow Belgian club Standard Liege and he spent five seasons at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. On January 22, 2015 the defender signed a three-year contract with MLS club Montreal Impact and he has been playing for the Canadian outfit ever since. Ciman represented Belgium at the 2008 Olympics and he did remarkably well to make Belgium 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. However, he was unused at the showpiece tournament in Brazil. The Montreal Impact footballer scored his first ever goal for Belgium in June, 2016 in a 3-2 victory over Norway.

Highlighted Team (Portland Timbers):

Founded in 2009, Portland Timbers are a soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers are well known for their green kit and their secondary colours are red and black. Portland welcome their opponents at Providence Park and the capacity of their home ground is 21.144. The club hold a long-running rivalry with Seattle Sounders as the two clubs used to face each other in the North American Soccer League. In 2015 Portland Timbers did remarkably well to win the MLS Cup and that is considered the club’s biggest success. The Timbers defeated Columbus Crew in the final of the tournament and it has to be noted that the title game was hosted by Mapfre Stadium (Columbus). Former Premier League footballer Liam Ridgewell played for Portland in the 2015 MLS Cup final against Columbus Crew. Speaking of the club’s supporters, you should have in mind that the Timbers sold out almost every home game in the MLS. Portland’s main supporters group is the Timbers Army.

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